The Peak District

Peak District accommodation, Peak District attractions, activities in the Peak District, Peak District businesses and general information for tourists and locals.

The Cathedral of the Peak – Taddington Church.

The view over Calver from Curbar Edge

Welcome to our tourist information web site for the Peak District of the UK. If you want information about Derbyshire’s Peak District or are seeking to rent bed and breakfast (B&B) accommodation in a hotel, guest house or farmhouse, or if you prefer to rent a self-catering holiday cottage, this site should be of interest to you. In fact, all things Peak District are here (almost!). OK we are not the biggest Peak District site, but at least all of our pages have meaningful content … The Peak District is mainly in Derbyshire but extends into surrounding counties.

Mountain biking above Ladybower reservoir

Amongst the attractions listed are Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall and gardens, Eyam (the plague village) Hall and the Caverns in the Peak. There is something for everyone, walkers, climbers (gritstone edges such as Stanage, Birchen, Froggatt, Curbar and bouldering), sightseers looking for stately homes, museums, or stunning scenery, gardeners, steam railway enthusiasts and families looking for theme parks. Derbyshire and the Peak District is well known for mining of lead, copper, zinc and coal, plus of course the sometimes controversial quarries. The Peak District is also home to the famed ‘Bakewell pudding’. There is also tourist information about specific towns, villages and dales in this National Park – Alport, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water, Bakewell, Bamford, Birchover, Belper, Buxton, Castleton, Cromford, Eyam, Edale, Great and Little Longstone, Glossop, Hassop, Lathkill Dale, Leek, Monyash, New Mills, Tissington, Warslow, Wensley, Whaley Bridge, Winster, Youlgrave (Youlgreave).

Copyright Chevinside Publications – 2012 onwards. If you use any material from this site please credit it accordingly and link to our site. The information on this Peak District web site is given in good faith and is for information only, we cannot be held responsible for how the information is subsequently used. You should satisfy yourself of the correctness before visiting or contacting these Peak District attractions or businesses as entry information can go out of date very quickly.